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2014 – A Music Year in Review

2014 has been a good and productive year musically for me.
I started the year as I ended it, as the UK’s No.1 and London’s No.1 Spiritual artist at www.reverbnation.com/paulssongsofbelief (in August I would spend a brief spell as No.1 in the World), London’s No.1 Blues artist, No.4 in the UK at www.reverbnation.com/paulrobertthomas and also Israel’s No.1 and Local No.1 Blues artist at www.reverbnation.com/paullyricist.
For the first part of the year I continued my weekly residency as a panelist on Juke Box Jury on Liverpool’s Mersey Radio where many of our songs were played as they were on radio stations worldwide from the UK to Las Vegas and New York especially and frequently on Radio Milton Keynes, Venture Radio, Chelsea Radio and Museboat Radio.
In 2014 I decided to distance myself from the established U.S., German and UK record companies that I had released some previous albums with and I formed by own net label called ‘Swiss Cottage Recordz’ (www.reverbnation.com/label/swisscottagerecordz) to promote the high number of songs I was helping to create.
A lot of my time was employed working with the exceptionally talented Singer Songwriter, composer and actor, Paul Odiase (www.paullyrics.com/lyrics/p-o-p/artist-bio-paul-odiase) on songs in a collaboration we called ‘Les Paul’s’(The Paul’s) for which I established a couple of sites at www.facebook.com/PaulonPaul and at www.reverbnation.com/lespaulsthepauls where we currently stand at No.8 in London’s Alternative song charts.
Our ‘Les Paul’s’(The Paul’s) two debut albums were simultaneously released on 31/05/2014, ‘Holy Land Revisited’, that can be listened to at www.paullyrics.com/album/holy-land-revisited and ‘P.O.P.’ that can be heard at www.paullyrics.com/album/p-o-p-paul-on-paul.
I would co-release a total of five albums in 2014, the two ‘Les Paul’s'(The Paul’s) albums in May and three more albums in December, the first of these called ‘Going Down Fighting’ with the UK’s Paul Walker was released on 1st December that you can hear at www.paullyrics.com/album/going-fighting-2 and two more albums with ‘Les Paul’s’(The Paul’s) were simultaneously released on 15th December called ‘The House of ill Repute’ that can be heard at www.paullyrics.com/album/house-ill-repute-les-pauls-pauls and ‘My Liverpool Lad’ featuring and introducing RUTH (www.facebook.com/ruth.arbenz) that can be heard at www.paullyrics.com/album/liverpool-lad-les-pauls-pauls. ‘The House of ill Repute’ I consider being my finest co-work to date and is recommended listening!
All of my 2014 albums were released through Distrokid (www.distrokid.com) who will send as many of your songs or albums that you submit to them over the course of one calendar year for an annual low fixed price to the major download stores - iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Beats Music, Rdio, Deezer, and YouTube Music Key.
Christmas time heralded the free download we offered of Michigan’s renowned singer songwriter Angela Predhomme and my song ‘Christmas Time with You’ that saw it played 24/7 on a number of radio stations including New York’s Chelsea Radio.
I spent some time updating my music website at http://www.paullyrics.com that now includes more than 160 released & unreleased songs, song information and download links as well as over 50+ live concert and promo videos covering a wide range of music genres and the wide range of talented artists around the globe that I have been fortunate enough to have worked with.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the year and over the years and may the New Year bring us all much love, happiness and good health, Paul:)!

Going Down Fighting

'Going Down Fighting' is our new album with music by Paul Walker & lyrics by me, Paul Robert Thomas.
'Going Down Fighting' is available to download at iTunes, Amazon & all good download stores.
You can hear all the songs from our album 'Going Down Fighting' at http://www.paullyrics.com/album/going-fighting-2 - Cheers & all the best, Paul:)!

Christmas Time With You

Christmas will soon be upon us and to coincide with the re-launch of my website at www.paullyrics.com you are welcome to a free download of Michigan's Angela Predhomme's and my new Christmas song called 'Christmas Time With You' (if you watch TV then you would have heard Angela's songs on The Voice, in TV commercials and in films).
My website now contains 50 live concert and promo videos, 150 songs and lots lots more:)!
To download 'Christmas Time With You' just go to the bottom of my songs page at http://www.paullyrics.com/songs-2 and click on the link and while you are there have a listen to a few of the songs & watch a few of the videos, read about my meeting with Andy Warhol, read the letter to me from Robert Johnson's grandson, read the letter from Buckingham Palace & have a good look around:)!
I hope you will arrive as a guest but will leave as my friend, Paul:)!

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No.1 in the World!

I am now No.1 in the World (No.1 in the UK & No.1 for London) charts & I want to thank you for your continued support and if you haven't heard some of the stuff I do with other artists then please pay a visit to www.reverbnation.com/paulssongsofbelief!
Thank you so much & wishing you all the best from Paul:)!
P.S. If you wanna know what Andy Warhol said to me when we met each other or what the late great Robert Johnson’s grandson wrote to me or what Buckingham Palace recently sent me re. a song of ours, then go to my just updated music site at www.paullyrics.com to find out and while you’re there you’ll discover loads of officially released songs, albums, concert video’s, articles, interviews and much more!
We hope you’ll arrive as a guest but will leave as my friend - Good luck & all the best from Paul:)!

Camden Town Blues

4 new videos recently added, the newest being 'Camden Town Blue's, the other 3 - 'Sleep Walking Through The Mist', 'Leo' and 'I Will Return' all from my song writing collaboration called 'Les Paul's' at www.facebook.com/PaulonPaul - Check them out:)!

Buckingham Palace Wrote me a Letter!

Orly Vardy & I sent our song 'Child of the Universe' from our album A Million Love Songs to celebrate the birth of George to Prince William and Kate Middleton and Buckingham Palace sent us both a 'Thank You' card:)!

You can download ‘Child of the Universe’ on ‘i-Tunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-million-love-songs/id584121635 and on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AGTXBGA/ref=sr_1_album_5_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00AGTXDKY&qid=1354675660&sr=1-5 & visit AMLS album profile page at http://acmrecords.com/music-n.php?cmd=view&upc=762521056125

Thank you:)!

You can hear a sample of 'Child of the Universe' at https://soundcloud.com/paulrthomas/child-of-the-universe-sample

'Cole Porter's Blues' released!

The songs from 'Cole Porter's Blues' were released on 15/08/13 on i-Tunes - with lyrics by me, Paul Robert Thomas and with music composed by Michel Ackermann & performed by Michel with his jazz band in his studio, the former HQ of the dreaded East German Secret Police (The STASI)!.

You can download the songs via i-Tunes at itunes.apple.com/th/album/all-the…5962?i=673596076 and all the songs from ‘Cole Porter’s Blues’ can be heard at http://www.paullyrics.com/album/cole-porters-blues.